VERB 使(尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等)继续,延长 If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. 使(尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等)继续,延长
We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past. [VERB noun]
我们绝对不能让过去的宗教分裂继续下去。
This image is a myth perpetuated by the media. [VERB-ed]
ADVERB | VERB + PERPETUATEADVERB➤just, merely, only, simply只不過使⋯持續;只是使⋯永久◇Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.媒體大量報道這些事件只會使問題持續下去。➤thereby從而持續VERB + PERPETUATE➤help (to)有助於使⋯持續▸➤serve to, tend to起使⋯永久存在的作用;往往會使⋯持續下去◇Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at science than girls.學校往往會長期存在男生理科比女生強這一錯誤觀念。➤seek to尋求延續